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""Think simple" as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles."

"In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind and matter."

"First of all, I am not an expert on matters on different economic systems, but in my normal social intercourse with my friends we discussed matters like that."

"But I learned first-hand how the news media operates by watching how they interpreted, changed, and misrepresented my intentions."

"And no again: My studio is not a first or any step toward becoming any type of businessman on my part."
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"When I was young, I had one of those Yamaha drum machines, and I used to practice to that quite a bit, just to practice soloing and being in time and completing all my phrases."

"I really just wanted to play the drum set and match that. I was never really into the percussion thing."

"Sometimes the band can't fully hear your fill, so they come in differently. So I've also learned not to really step out too much, because you sacrifice the band when you do that."

"I was really conscious of that when I went in because I felt that I was pretty solid on the first one, but I didn't have the groove exactly where I wanted it."

"I'd take the syncopation and play swing, and then read the syncopation lines with my left hand."
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